9:08 PM,
Aug. 25, 2013

Rutgers football coach Kyle Flood watches over his players Sunday during a game-week practice in Piscataway.

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Ryan Dunleavy
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Kyle Federico never allowed himself to think like he was competing for a starting job against a teammate despite what it said on the preseason depth chart. Andre Civil actually wasn't supposed to be competing for a starting job, but he told himself a job was his for the taking.

Federico and Civil might have approached their position battles very differently, but they wound up in the same place Sunday afternoon when Rutgers football coach Kyle Flood named them as the starters at kicker and right guard, respectively, for Thursday night's season-opener against Fresno State.